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Politics
Alex Galbraith

SCOTUS rejects Trump aid freeze

A divided Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can not freeze $2 billion in foreign aid payments, urging the administration to comply with orders to release the funds. 

In a brief 5-4 decision shared on Wednesday, the high court backed US District Judge Amir Ali, who had ordered the Trump administration to release billions in foreign aid frozen by a Trump executive order on the president's first day in office.

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